#destruction

It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction. ↗

— E. T. A. Hoffmann

#contend #continually #creating #destruction #goes

The president's poking fun at himself over what goes down. I thought it was a good-natured performance. It made him look good. But he certainly doesn't disguise the record on weapons of mass destruction. And you feel like saying to people, Just get over it. ↗

— Brit Hume

#destruction #disguise #down #feel #fun

It sets its face rightfully against the doctrines of the Anarchist and the Communist, who seek to solve the social problems not by patient endeavor, but by brutal destruction. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#anarchist #brutal #communist #destruction #doctrines

We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or the dangers of weapons of mass destruction. ↗

— Hosni Mubarak

#dangers #destruction #east #free #harmony

Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#destruction #failure #beauty

Whatever is destroyed, the act of destruction does not vary much. Beauty if vapour from the pit of death. ↗

— J. A. Baker

#death #destruction #beauty

Welcome to vampire-ville.” He chuckled. ↗

— S.L. Ross

#destruction #immortal #vampires #werewolves #death

Oh, really? Do you wake up heaving from bloody dreams that promise destruction like some crazy street guy forecasting the Apocalypse? Did you slam a door in your dad’s face hours before he died? Does everyone, cops included, think you’re a pestering loon ’cause ‘accident’ doesn’t sit right with you, nor the many other freakouts, like the car that keeps showing up on your street, with someone sitting in it, doing like, nothing? No? Oh no? Didn’t think so. Life sucks for everyone. Jump or deal with it. ↗

— Courtney Vail

#bloody-dreams #deal-with-it #destruction #life-sucks #majesty

Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can’t stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they’ll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That’s love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There’s something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies. (from "Loving Your Enemies") ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#destruction #enemies #hate #love #redemption

Your criticism sounds to me as if you have read too many critical books and are too smart in an artificial, destructive, and very limited way. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#william-sessions #destruction